Archery target



Dec. '22, 1931. E a. MEAD ET AL 1,837,627

ARCHERY TARGET Filed Sept. 11, 1928 Qwowtoc [midlife W'amEF/os i Patented Dec. 22, 1931 warren STATES PATENT orries;

EARL G. MEAD Am WILLIAMVB. rnossn, or cnnvnnnun iinrsrrrs, onto ARCHERY TARGET Application filed September provision of a target that will gradually and effectively stop, the arrow without rebound, be relatively slow in shooting to pieces,and in which a longer life is'given the target face. Another object is the "elimination of the old style straw target thatsoon becomes leaky in use, thus allowing the-arrows to oftimes pass completely through targetwith consequent danger of injury to persons unwittingly in the path of flight of the arrow after it leaves the target. It also tendsto do away with the litter that fallsfroma straw target. Still another object of this-invention'is the provision of a removable center so that that part of the target that soonestlbecomes perforated may be readily replaced, thus alford ing a material saving in the practice of the sport of archery.

'This,invention also contemplates a target whichlis more rigid and less unwieldy and which may be rolled to the target stand. \Ve have discovered that cellular strawboard, when rolled into the form of atarget with the longitudinal cells parallel with the axis of the target, that is, normal to the plane of the target, enables the attainment of the objects referred to above.

In the actual practice of this invention we have found that a target from'four to eight inches thick in the center zone will effectively stop the ordinary archery arrow because the diameter of the arrow is slightly greater than the greatest cross dimension of the cellular opening. Furthermore, when the cells ofthe target are sealed there is a considerable air cushioning effect tending to decrease the impact in stopping the arrow.

In the practice of our invention, We have employed several forms of the generic inven tion which are shown more or less diagrammatically in the accompanying drawings in which 7 Y Fig. 1 is a front elevation of one form of our target with the target face cover partly broken away showing the cellular structure out of scale. 7

11, 1928. Serial N0. 305,301.

' 2 is a side elevation of target'shown '-in'Fig.1. 7 fl Figs. 3 and 4 are'side elevations ofmodifiedforms of our'invention. i Q Fig. 5 is a rear view of one form of our target that has a removable and'renewable center. L r I Fig.6 is aside elevation of the target shown inFig. 5. r g a Fig.17' is arear elevation of one form of our target in which the center. is both renew-- able] and of greater thickness-than the remainder of the target.

. Fig.8 is a side elevation of the target shown inFig.7.

In the following detailed description the same reference character always refers to the same element. 7 1

Referring more especially to that form of our target shown in Figs. 1 and 2, 10 indicates the target as a whole." Cellular paper board is cutacross the cells into strips having widths 'of from four to eight inches. These strips are treated with an adhesive agent and then are rolled into the form shown. Besides the adhesive agent referred to other securing means is provided in the form of binding members 12 Whichmay be either suitable cord, a metallic hoop,"ora wooden hoop. Also, we employdowels 13 to aid in holding the. cellular board in place. Over the front of the target is a facing 14 which may be either plain or treated fabric, or tough paperr This facing may either be glued to the target face or bound thereto by Q Q twine, wood or metal.

strap 16 is also provided. In that form of target shown in' Fig. 13, in addition. to the features shown. in Figs. 1 and 2 we have provided a backing 17 which A suitable holding may be of suitable wood such as basswood, V

balsa, or the like, or of papier-mach, bagasse pulp, fibre board, cork or clarified rawhide. Between the back of the target body and the backing 17 we provide a cushioningmeans 18 which maybe sponge rubber,hair" felt, long staple moss, cotton batting, or waste, or any other resilient material that does not readily become leaky under impact of -ar 1 7 rows.

In the form shown in Fig. 4:, a backing 19 is shown similar in character to that de-' scribed in connection with Fig. 8, but it will be noted that the cushioningmaterial is, V omitted,

In that form of our target shown in Figs. 5 and 6 we have provided a renewable center 20. In this form of our device dowels 21 extend only through to the periphery of the opening provided for the center 20. Center is strengthenedby dowels 22. Otherwise the structure of the target with a renewable center is the same as that shown in Fig. 1.

agradually increasing thickness from' the outeredge to the center. It has beenfound in the art of archery that the part of a target that is first shot leakyisthe central portion, andthat this condition decreases toward the outer edge. To meet" this condition we have .iade this form of our target in zones gradually, increasing in thickness from theface portion 24:. tothe central zone 23, each zone 24:, 25,26 and 23 being approximately onefourth the face'area of the targetf These i sections may be secured together by any suitable means such as glue, dowels, or the like.

We also provide exterior binding means in the form of eXpansible hoops 27. The central member 23 isprovided. with dowel, pins 28 which extend beyond the periphery of said member and are adapted to engage suiti able keepers (not shown) provided on the near surface of section 26.

Having thus fully'described our invention and the objects for which it is devised, what we claim as new and desire to cover byLetters Patentis v r I "1. An archery target constructed with cell'ular openings substantially perpendicular to the face of the target;

2. An archery target made ofcellular paper whose cells are substantially perpendicular to-the faceof the target.

An archery target having a cellular body portion with the greatest dimensions of the cells substantially perpendicular to the face of the targetand a backing therefor.

4t. An archery target having a cellular body portion with the greatest dimensions of the cells substantially perpendicular to the face of the target, a backing therefor, and

resilient means between said body and: said,

' In "the form of our device illustrated in Figs? and 8 we have provided a target with j tral zone removable and of greater thickness than the rest-of the target.

7. In an varchery target, a body having means to allow partial penetration'by an arrow and to hold the arrow fromrebound comprising material having a plurality of elongated cells, said cells placed with their length substantially perpendicularto the face 7 ofthe target. v I

8. In an archery target, a body having means to bring the flight of an'arrow to a cushioned stop and to prevent rebound comprising material having a plurality of elongated aircells of less diameter than that of thearrow, said cells placed with their length substantially perpendicular'to the face of the target, and means to close the cells at their rearward ends-whereby to provide a dashpot actionwith the entering arrow;

5.19. In an archerytarget, in combination,a body comprlsing a plurality of superinia posed layersaof cellular matemalqomed, by

adhesive,' the layers presenting-their edges to th e target faceof the body, the cells, of Said layers extending transversely of the layers and' substantially normal to said target face 7 when the body-isassembledr I 10.. An archery target comprising, in combination, a plurality of layers ofcellular mas e5 terial having thefcells extending transversely ofzsaid layers, saidv layers superimposed and ],oined' by adhesive, said layers presenting their edges to the faces of the resulting tar-. get body and the cells'ezrtending-substan-- tially normal to thetarget face, and dowels piercing said layers in a direction substan-' tially parallel to the plane oft he target face. "11. .An archery target comprising, incombination, a body formed superimposed layers of corrugatedinateriah the said. layers separated by layers of plane material to provide cells in the resulting body extending substantially normal to thefa'ce of the target.

12! An archery target co1npris1ng,in combination, a strip. of :material comprising a corrugated and a plane portion the corrugations extending transversely of the strip, said strip of material wound spirally into super- 7 imposed layers to pro-vide a target body having cells extending'substantially normal to the faces thereof. V

13.- An archery target comprising, in combination, an annulus formed of a strip of corrugated paper wound spirally, the corrugations of the strip extending transversely thereof and a cylindrical body formed in a like manner of a wider strip of material said last named body enclosedby the opening in the'center of the annulus and fitting tightly therein with'the'target faces of the annulus and body in the same plane.

' EARL G. MEAD; 1'

- WILLIAM B. FLOSSE. 

